[PATCH v2 RESEND] media: vidtv: initialize local pointers upon transfer of memory ownership

From: Jeongjun Park
Date: Thu Sep 04 2025 - 01:40:50 EST


vidtv_channel_si_init() creates a temporary list (program, service, event)
and ownership of the memory itself is transferred to the PAT/SDT/EIT
tables through vidtv_psi_pat_program_assign(),
vidtv_psi_sdt_service_assign(), vidtv_psi_eit_event_assign().

The problem here is that the local pointer where the memory ownership
transfer was completed is not initialized to NULL. This causes the
vidtv_psi_pmt_create_sec_for_each_pat_entry() function to fail, and
in the flow that jumps to free_eit, the memory that was freed by
vidtv_psi_*_table_destroy() can be accessed again by
vidtv_psi_*_event_destroy() due to the uninitialized local pointer, so it
is freed once again.

Therefore, to prevent use-after-free and double-free vuln, local pointers
must be initialized to NULL when transferring memory ownership.

Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: syzbot+1d9c0edea5907af239e0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1d9c0edea5907af239e0
Fixes: 3be8037960bc ("media: vidtv: add error checks")
Signed-off-by: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Improved patch description wording and CC stable mailing list
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250822065849.1145572-1-aha310510@xxxxxxxxx/
---
drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c
index f3023e91b3eb..3541155c6fc6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c
+++ b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c
@@ -461,12 +461,15 @@ int vidtv_channel_si_init(struct vidtv_mux *m)

/* assemble all programs and assign to PAT */
vidtv_psi_pat_program_assign(m->si.pat, programs);
+ programs = NULL;

/* assemble all services and assign to SDT */
vidtv_psi_sdt_service_assign(m->si.sdt, services);
+ services = NULL;

/* assemble all events and assign to EIT */
vidtv_psi_eit_event_assign(m->si.eit, events);
+ events = NULL;

m->si.pmt_secs = vidtv_psi_pmt_create_sec_for_each_pat_entry(m->si.pat,
m->pcr_pid);
--